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Akim El Sikameya more »
At their closest point, the continents of Europe and Africa are a mere seven miles apart. In the music of Akim El Sikameya, they seem even closer toge&hellip » read more
Amina more »
AMINA Biography supplied by artists management, Sept 2002: ?I?m interested in many musics,? explains Amina. ? I think of my voice as an instrument. &hellip » read more
Asa more »
Soothing soul from Lagos via Paris "It is normal for an African girl to take up the mother role. But I am a free soul and I spent a long time fightin&hellip » read more
Babylon Circus more »
From France
Rebel music from the self-proclaimed "French gypsy dancehall punksters" "What we found there wasn't what we'd been told by the press. It wasn't as vi&hellip » read more
Baka Beyond more »
From Cameroon, France, Ghana, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom
Cradled in the heart of the African rainforest lives one of the oldest and most sensitive musical cultures on earth. The music of the Baka pygmies is &hellip » read more
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal more »
Kora and cello duet - both featherlight and heavyweight If Toumani Diabate had chosen on a different path in life, Ballake Sissoko would be the planet&hellip » read more
Bibi Tanga and The Selenites more »
From Central African Rep., France
Rulebook-ignoring esoterica from Africa via Paris When the music of Bibi Tanga wafts in your general direction, it's quite easy to visualise his reco&hellip » read more
Bratsch more »
From France
FRANÇOIS CASTIELLO, when, as a young boy, faced with the difficult choice between becoming a bricklayer like his father, or earning his living as a mu&hellip » read more
Caravan Palace more »
From France
Swing and gypsy jazz get 21st-century makeover If you've ever seen that YouTube clip of Christopher Walken dancing his way through a hotel lobby with &hellip » read more
Chapelier Fou more »
From France
I'm a one-man band - the 21st-century way One-man bands used to look pretty similar. Big bass drum on the back, acoustic guitar, harmonica rack, ring&hellip » read more
Chemirani's more »
The Chemirani Ensemble is a renowned Persian classical music ensemble. The group is made up of Chemirani family members, master percussionist, Djamchi&hellip » read more
Color of Invention more »
From France
The Colors of Invention are Gilles Apap?s band. Violinist Gilles Apap will perform with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and in a separate performanc&hellip » read more
Compagnie Ekart more »
From France
Skilled puppet master Tarek Messamer makes a valiant effort to tame his two giant robots in two delightful roving shows ... Maurice & Jules (an insep&hellip » read more
Diana Hamilton more »
In the still-to-be-written Complete History Of Caribbean Music, the Bahamas will claim a far slimmer chapter than those of noisier islands like Jamaic&hellip » read more
Digital Bled more »
From France
2001 Biography The global musical melting pot of Paris is increasingly falling under the spell of urban club dance music. Digital Bled are lead by th&hellip » read more
Donso more »
Malian tradition meets Parisian futurism "I had no interest in making house music with African voices over it. That's already been done to death. It h&hellip » read more
Féfé more »
A founding member of the French hip-hop collective Saian Supa Crew, Féfé is best known as rapper and singer Fe2 or Feniski. He has now emerged as a s&hellip » read more
Fawzy Al-Aiedy more »
Biography supplied by management, March 2004: Fawzy is born between two rains at Basra (Iraq) towards 1950. He studied at the Music Institute of Bagh&hellip » read more
Frédéric Galliano and Kuduro Sound System more »
Born in Valence in the south of France in 1969, Frédéric Galliano developed a great passion for music in his teens. The young music fan quickly acquir&hellip » read more
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